Fast Food Week: Quick Service Resto And Snacks News!
Some restaurants are cautiously re-opening for dine-in service. But diners aren’t exactly flocking back in droves. Social distancing is still a major issue, and vendors are concentrating on pounding out new Salty, Spicy and Sweet products designed for at-home snacking…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Fully Digital Front Of House?
Spurred on by the difficulties facing conventional restaurateurs during the COVID-19 lock down, Paramount Middle Eastern Foods has branched out from its Hummus business to offer what it calls ‘fully automated’ restos, erecting a digital barrier between customers and kitchen…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Resto Prices Must Rise
Restaurants are starting to re-open for dine-in – albeit under ultra-cautious operating restrictions – in most parts of North America. This in spite of spiking new-case numbers in jurisdictions where restrictions have eased the most. But there are other consequences associated with re-opening too soon…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Restos May Keep Limited Menus
As restaurants – particularly big-chain franchise outlets – cautiously reopen for dine-in business, some brands admit they’re toying with the idea of keeping smaller, more-focused menus even after the COVID-19 crisis is over. They have their reasons, and I have some observations on why they should… Read More →
COVID-19 Food Safety Tips: Don’t Clean Food With Bleach!
We’ve covered the basics of food safety and food handling under the COVID-19 pandemic in this space before, but I thought it was important to make mention of a ‘trend’ that new surveys are revealing: folks are washing food in bleach. And that’s a very bad idea, in spite of what some politicians may advise…Read More →
COVID-19 Cravings: Science Says They’re Real!
The social media networks have been humming with claims that the isolate-at-home lock down has triggered food cravings in some folks – cravings that are downright odd. Those who haven’t experienced such ‘needs’ dismiss the stories are bunk. But new science says that may not be the case…Read More →